The Legacy — Howard Fast

THE LAVETTE SAGA CONTINUES -- PITTING AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY AGAINST ITSELF AND AGAINST A SOCIETY IN THE THROES OF VIOLENT UPHEAVAL AND RADICAL CHANGE...

The LAVETTES -- powerful, envied, hated, admired. From Nob Hill to Hollywood, from Washington to Mississippi, from the battlefields of Israel to the bloodied jungles of Vietnam, they pursued their destinies. Torn by politics and ambition, their relationships embody the story of a family -- a nation -- at war with itself...an epic as grand and passionate as the embattled times.

THE LEGACY -- In this the fourth book in Howard Fast's unforgettable series, Barbara Layette is the sole remaining source of strength in a family shattered by new griefs and old hatreds. Her unshakable sense of self, her unfaltering principles, will thrust her into the vanguard of the most turbulent years her country has ever known.